Charmander was bowled backwards; he tumbled over the grass before staggering to his feet again. He looked up at Raven, confusion sparkling in his eyes.
The Pidgy wheeled around, diving back towards Charmander.
"Dodge!" commanded Raven.
Charmander obediently leaped to the side.
"Now use scratch!" she continued.
The little orange Pokémon brought its claws down on the brown bird's body. The Pidgy squawked in pain and landed roughly on one of the tree's branches.
"Charmander, use scratch again!" Raven called.
Charmander gave a determined nod, leaped up, stretching his paw out and slashing his claws across the Pidgy's scaly leg.
"We'll catch this one," Raven promised herself.
The Pidgy dove down onto Charmander and gave his head a hard peck.
"Scratch one more time," Raven said, wincing as Pidgy's hard beak struck out at her Pokémon.
Charmander scratched Pidgy again, the little bird Pokémon tumbled to the ground and stood up on her shaky legs. Raven pulled out an empty pokeball. Silently she curved her arm back and whipped it forwards.
The pokeball bounced on the Pidgy's back, and then rose slightly above her. The red and white ball opened and the red light blossomed out. Pidgy's beak opened in a silent cry and then the light enveloped her.
The red light was sucked into the ball and it snapped shut, Pidgy inside it. The pokeball dropped to the ground and rolled side to side. Raven waited, holding her breath. Charmander waddled towards his owner, panting slightly.
Raven dropped her pale hand and rubbed Charmander's head, but her eyes were still on the wobbling pokeball. Finally the pokeball rolled so it was the right way up and fell still.
"Yes!" Raven cried, showing an unusual amount of excitement for her.
Charmander let out an odd purring sound. Raven scooped up Pidgy's new pokeball and slid it into place next to Charmander's on her belt.
"Here have a rest Charmander, well done," Raven said.
She pulled out his pokeball and soon Charmander was resting inside. Raven smiled to herself and walked back to the road. She shoved her hands in her coat pocket and made her slow way towards Viridian forest.
Sorry about the short chapter, I was really tired when I did this one.